Animal poke



G. W. KNOX.

ANIMAL POKE,

APPUCATION rxLEn Aue.24. 1921.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

GEORGE W. KNOX, 03? OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA.

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Application filed August 24, 1921. Serial No. 494,869.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE IV. KNOX, acitizen of the United States, residing at Oklahoma, in the county ofOklahoma and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Animal Pokes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to animal pokes and has special reference to thetype of device disclosed in Letters Patent No. 1,322,120, granted to meNovember 18, 1919. The object of the present improvements is tofacilitate the manufacture of the device and reduce the cost thereof andalso to provide a construction which will permit the pricking prongs tobe more rapidly applied or removed. The invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the de vice showingit applied;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation partly in section;

Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of the pricking prongs.

In carrying out my present invention, I employ upper and lower yokemembers which are adapted to be placed around the neck of the animal andsecured together. Each yoke member consists of a pair of strap irons 1which are offset intermediate their ends, as shown at 2, whereby the offset portions may be brought close together and thereby produce aU-shaped member adapted to fit around the neck of the animal anddiverging arms having forwardly projecting wire-engaging lugs or teeth 3at their ends. In assembling the strap irons, after the offset portionsare brought together, a flat bar 4: has one end inserted between saidoffset portions and the said bar and offset portions are then welded orotherwise intimately secured together, a bolt hole 5 being formedthrough the three members. The upper and loweryoke members areduplicates and the description just given of one member applies in allrespects to the other member. The ends of the yoke members areoverlapped, as shown at 6, and are provided with registering openingsthrough which securing bolts 7 are inserted to secure the memberstogether, and it will be readily noted that the yoke members can bethereby united with the "be easily adjusted over a'nd under the neck ofthe animal and then secured against separation, an that the fiat sidesof the strap irons are presented to the neck of the animal so that asmooth surface will be provided and chafing of the animals neck willavoided. Moreover, the strap irons are all similar in design and thewireengaging members are integral with the neck-engaging portionsthereof so that the yokes may be very expeditiously and economicallyproduced. A bolt 8 is inserted through the bolt opening 5 in each yokemember and also through the openings 9 in the forked end 10 of thepricking device which consists of diverging prongs 11 extending from abody or shank 12 at that end thereof opposite the fork 10. In assemblingthe parts of the poke, the fork 10 is slipped over the portions 2 of theyoke members after said offset portions have been inner end of the bar 4and the bolt 8 is then inserted through the registering openings and aretaining nut 13 turned home on the end of said bolt against theadjacent side of the fork. The pricking device may thus be very readilyremoved or applied and if it be desired to have the pricking prongsemployed at only one end of the poke, the prong which is to be discardedmay be easily removed with out disassembling the entire device.

Inasmuch as the wire-engaging members are permanently united with theyoke members, separation of the parts cannot occur and the cost ofmanufacture of the device is very materially reduced while a strongerstructure result-s.

In using the device, the yoke members are united about the neck of theanimal, as shown in Fig. 1, with the pricking prongs extendingrearwardly and the lugs or teeth 3 of the wire-engaging membersprojecting forwardly. Should the animal attempt to break through a fenceor other barrier, the wire-engaging arms will at once bear against thefence wire strands and will cause the yoke to rock rearwardly so thatthe prongs 11 will prick the animal, whereupon the efforts to breakthrough the fence will cease.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

An animal poke comprising upper and lower yoke members, each consistingof a pair of'flat-sided straps sharply offset b tween their ends andpermanently united at the offset portions, the opposite t rminals of theyoke members being fastened together whereby to secure the members about5 the neck 01 an animal, and the outer extremities of the straps beingsharply divergent, a bar secured between the offset portions of a pairof straps and projecting therefrom midway the outer diverging terture.

GEORGE W. KNOX. [n s.]

